India, May 25 -- The 79th World Health Assembly has adopted the updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance for 2026-2036.

Member States called for stronger financing, surveillance, infection prevention, sanitation and equitable access to effective antimicrobials.

The updated plan places emphasis on a One Health approach, linking human, animal, plant and environmental health.

Experts warn that antimicrobial resistance could cause millions of deaths by 2050 without urgent global action.

The 79th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 18 to 23, 2026, endorsed and adopted the Draft Updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, covering the period 2026-2036.

The session was chaired by Timur Sulta...